Mustafa Gunen

Self-taught marine artist Mustafa Gunen was born in Kirsehir, a mid-Anatolian city in Turkey. During his childhood he was highly intrigued by pencil drawing. By the time he finished primary school he had had several picture stories totalling two hundred pages. After primary school he started working as an apprentice in his father's furniture workshop. Later, he began by painting his own dreamscapes on his furniture pieces. Such a thing had never been tried before at that time.
In 1993, he moved to working with oils on canvas directly. Using only a spare palette of black, white, yellow, red and navy blue.

Self-taught

1997 - Valör Sanat Gallery, Ankara-Turkey
1997 - Papedland, İstanbul-Turkey
1997 - Antalya and Mersin' Collective Exhibitions
1997 - Dedeman Art Gallery, Ankara-Turkey
1997 - İstanbul Devlet Güzel Sanatlar Gallery, İstanbul-Turkey
1998 - Deniz Müzesi Maritime Painting Competition İstanbul-Turkey
1998 - Artium Sanat Gallery, İstanbul-Turkey
1998 - İMKB Sanat gallery İstanbul-Turkey
1999 - Gallery Selvin, Ankara-Turkey
2000 - Eylül Sanat Gallery, İstanbul-Turkey
2000 - Feshane Sadabat Sarayı, İstanbul-Turkey
2000 - İstanbul Sanayi Odası Sanat Gallery İstanbul-Turkey
2000 - Deniz Ticaret Odası, İstanbul-Turkey
2001 - Ankara Hilton Oteli, Ankara-Turkey
2002 - Nevill Gallery Canterbury-UK
2002 Ankara Şehir Kulübü Sanat Gallery, Ankara Turkey


2003 - Tüyap Art Fair, İstanbul-Turkey
2004 - Artium Sanat Gallery, İstanbul-Turkey
2004 - Ankara Hilton Oteli, Ankara-Turkey
2005 - Artium Sanat Gallery, İstanbul-Turkey
2005 - Vakıf Sanat Gallery, İstanbul-Turkey
2006 - Selvin Sanat Gallery, Ankara-Turkey
2006 - Gallery Nevill Canterbury-U.K
2007 - World Fine Art, New York
2007 - Chelsea International Fine Art Competition, New York
2008 - Agora Gallery Collective Exhibition New York
2008 - CHRISTIE’S Maritime Art ...